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kings writing men
There are three difficulties in authorship;-to write any thing worth the publishing-to find honest men to publish it -and to get sensible men to read it. Literature has now become a game; in which the Booksellers are the Kings; The Critics the Knaves; the Public, the Pack; and the poor Author, the mere table, or the Thing played upon. Charles Caleb Colton
kings two feet
Kings and their subjects, masters and slaves, find a common level in two places - at the foot of the cross, and in the grave.
kings passion people
Princes rule the people, and their own passions rule Princes; but Providence can over-rule the whole, and draw the instruments of his inscrutable purposes from the vices, no less than the virtues of Kings.
kings dinner might
The cynic who twitted Aristippus by observing that the philosopher who could dine on herbs might despise the company of a king, was well replied to by Aristippus, when he remarked that the philosopher who could enjoy the company or a king might also despise a dinner of herbs.
kings winning long
It has been well said that if a great king should bring us a great heap of gold, and bid us take as much as we could count in a day, we should make a long day of it; but to win souls is far nobler work. How is it that we so soon withdraw from it? Charles Spurgeon
kings garden sweat
See yonder another King's garden, which the King waters with his bloody sweat-Gethsemane, whose bitter herbs are sweeter far to renewed souls than even Eden's luscious fruits. There the mischief of the serpent in the first garden was undone: there the curse was lifted from earth, and borne by the woman's promised seed.
kings together may
You and your sins must separate or you and your God will never come together. No one sin may keep you; they must all be given up, they must be brought out like Canaanite kings from the cave and be hanged up in the sun.
kings sheep black
I'm the king of the 20th century. I'm the boogeyman, the villian, the black sheep of the family. Alan Moore
kings dark blow
Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent To blow up the King and Parli’ment. Three-score barrels of powder below To prove old England’s overthrow; By God’s providence he was catch’d With a dark lantern and burning match. Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring. Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
heaven world difficulty
This world cannot explain its own difficulties without the assistance of another.
heaven links golden
Hours are golden links--God's tokens reaching heaven. Charles Dickens
heaven suits burden
Heaven suits the back to the burden.
heaven balance floating
Some of the craftiest scoundrels that ever walked this earth . . . will gravely jot down in diaries the events of every day, and keep a regular debtor and creditor account with heaven, which shall always show a floating balance in their own favour.
heaven joy sorrow
The joys of heaven will surely compensate for the sorrows of earth.
heaven his-love earth
Let me revel in this one thought: before God made the heavens and the earth, He set His love upon me.
heaven trying paper
One might better try to sail the Atlantic in a paper boat, than try to get to heaven on good works.
heaven wish ifs
If you have no wish to bring others to heaven, you are not going there yourself.
heaven mind rags
The world's proverb is, "God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves;" but to our mind, it is just the rich who have most need of Heaven's help. Dives in scarlet is worse off than Lazarus in rags, unless Divine love shall uphold him.
veils
The veil of money has never been about how much money you have but about how much money has you. Aiden Wilson Tozer
veils again-and-again versions
Official history is merely a veil to hide the truth of what really happened. When the veil is lifted, again and again we see that not only is the official version not true, it is often 100% wrong. David Icke
veils arms opinion
[Rousseau] has not had the precaution to throw any veil over his sentiments; and as he scorns to dissemble his contempt of established opinions, he could not wonder that all the zealots were in arms against him. David Hume
veils faces eternity
Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they stand so near! Alexander Smith
veils spirituality hiding
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness. Alfred Nobel
veils events moments
Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside. Elie Wiesel
veils littles infinity
We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile. Conor McPherson
veils rich myth
The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. C. S. Lewis
veils confession secrecy
The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed. Bill Vaughan